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Putin is staking his political future on victory in Ukraine – and has little incentive to make peace

  • Written by Monica Duffy Toft, Professor of International Politics and Director of the Center for Strategic Studies at The Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Putin is staking his political future on victory in Ukraine – and has little incentive to make peacePeace talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin won't be easy.Mikhail Klimentyev/SputnikAFP via Getty Images

Despite stop-and-start peace talks, a resolution to the brutal war in Ukraine appears distant.

Major cities in Ukraine are faltering. Civilians, including children, are dying of shrapnel and glass wounds, exposure and thirst.

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